The Police – Low Life (Guitar Tab)

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As recorded by The Police (From the 1993 Boxset MESSAGE IN A BOX: THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS) Words and Music by Sting Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Andy Summers - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=122 A F#m G D 12/8 Gtr I (Clean El. Gtr.) E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------14---------------10-------|----------12-------------7-----|
|-------14----14---------11----11----|-------12----12--------7---7---|
|----14----------14---11----------11-|----12----------12---7-------7-|
|-12----------------9----------------|-10----------------5-----------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|

  A                 F#m
   E  E  E  E  E  E E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------------------|
|----------14---------------10--------|
|-------14----14---------11----11-----|
|----14----------14---11----------11--|
|-12----------------9-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|

  G                 D
   E  E  E  E  E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|----------12-------------7-----|
|-------12----12--------7---7---|
|----12----------12---7-------7-|
|-10----------------5-----------|
|-------------------------------|

  A           F#m           G           D
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------2-----|
|-------2-----------------|-----------------3---3---|
|-----2---2---------2-----|-------4-------2-------2-|
|---2-------2-----4---4---|-----5---5---0-----------|
|-0-------------4-------4-|---5-------5-------------|
|-------------2-----------|-3-----------------------|

  F#m         E             G  A
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q  E +Q.   +H.
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-0-------------------|
|-------2-----------1-----|-4S=6-(6)---(6)------|
|-----4---4-------2---2---|-5S=7-(7)---(7)------|
|---4-------4---2-------2-|---------------------|
|-2-----------0-----------|-3S=5-(5)---(5)------|

|   Gtr II(Clean El. Gtr.)
| W                         W
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|

   1st & 2nd Verses
    A                   F#m
     E   E  E  E   E  E E   E  E  E   E  E
||-----------------------------------------|
||o-----------14-----------------10--------|
||---------14-----14----------11-----11----|
||------14-----------14----11-----------11-|
||o-12------------------9------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|

|    Q.        q.       Q.        q.
||-------------9------------------5--------|
||o-----------10------------------7--------|
||-------------9------------------6--------|
||-----------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------|

  G                   D
   E   E  E  E   E  E E  E E  E  E E
|------------------------------------|
|-----------12----------------7------|
|--------12-----12---------7-----7---|
|-----12-----------12----7---------7-|
|-10------------------5--------------|
|------------------------------------|

|  Q.        q.       Q.      q.
|------------7---------------10------|
|------------8---------------10------|
|------------7---------------11------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

  A                   F#m                  G                   D
   E   E  E  E   E  E E   E  E  E   E  E    E   E  E  E   E  E E  E E  E  E E
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------14-----------------10--------|-----------12----------------7------|
|--------14-----14----------11-----11----|--------12-----12---------7-----7---|
|-----14-----------14----11-----------11-|-----12-----------12----7---------7-|
|-12------------------9------------------|-10------------------5--------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|  Q.        q.       Q.        q.          Q.        q.       Q.      q.
|------------9------------------5--------|------------7---------------10------|
|-----------10------------------7--------|------------8---------------10------|
|------------9------------------6--------|------------7---------------11------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

  A              F#m
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E E  E E
|------------------------------|
|---------2--------------------|
|------2-----2----------2------|
|----2---------2------4----4---|
|-0-----------------4--------4-|
|----------------2-------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.     q.
|---------9-------------5------|
|--------10-------------7------|
|---------9-------------6------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

  G             D                F#m           E
  E  E E E  E E E  E E  E  E E   E  E E E  E E E  E E E  E E
|-----------------------2------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------3-----3---|-----------------------------|
|--------4---------2---------2-|--------2-------------1------|
|------5----5---0--------------|------4----4--------2----2---|
|----5--------5----------------|----4--------4----2--------2-|
|-3----------------------------|-2-------------0-------------|

| Q.     q.     Q.      q.       Q.     q.     Q.     q.
|--------7-------------10------|--------5-------------7------|
|--------8-------------10------|--------7-------------9------|
|--------7-------------11------|--------6-------------9------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

                                                Chorus
  1.                     2.
  G  A                    G  A                   G           C
  Q  E +Q.   +H.          Q  E +Q.   +H.         E E E E E E  E E  E E  E E
|----------------------||---------------------||-------3-------------8------|
|-0-------------------o||-0-------------------||-------3-------------8------|
|-4S=6-(6)---(6)-------||-4S=6-(6)---(6)------||----------------------------|
|-5S=7-(7)---(7)-------||-5S=7-(7)---(7)------||-5---5---5---10---10---10---|
|---------------------o||---------------------||-5---5---5---10---10---10---|
|-3S=5-(5)---(5)-------||-3S=5-(5)---(5)------||-3---3---3----8----8----8---|

| W                       W                      W
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------o||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|
|---------------------o||---------------------||----------------------------|
|----------------------||---------------------||----------------------------|

  A
  E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---5---5---5---|

  G           C                A
  E E E E E E  E E  E E  E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------3-------------8------|-------5-----------5-----|
|-------3-------------8------|-------5-----------5-----|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5---5---5---10---10---10---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-5---5---5---10---10---10---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-3---3---3----8----8----8---|-5---5---5---5---5---5---|

  C
   E E  E E  E E  E E  E E  E E
|---------8--------------8------|
|---------8--------------8------|
|-------------------------------|
|-10---10---10---10---10---10---|
|-10---10---10---10---10---10---|
|--8----8----8----8----8----8---|

| Gtr II
|  W
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

  D
   E E  E  E  E E  E E  E  E  E E   Q   E  E Q  Q  E  E Q
|---------10--------------10------|-------12---------12----|
|---------10--------------10------|-------12---------12----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|-12---12----12---12---12----12---|------------------------|
|-12---12----12---12---12----12---|------------------------|
|-10---10----10---10---10----10---|------------------------|

|  W                                W.
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-4----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-2----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-0----------------------|

  G              D
   E E  E E  E E  E E  E  E  E E
|---------7--------------10------|
|---------8--------------10------|
|--7----7----7-------------------|
|--9----9----9---12---12----12---|
|-10---10---10---12---12----12---|
|----------------10---10----10---|

|  W
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

  A                               F#m
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E  E  E E   E  E E E  E E E  E E E  E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------2--------------2------|----------------------2------|
|------2-----2--------2-----2---|--------2----------------2---|
|----2---------2----2---------2-|------4----4--------4------4-|
|-0--------------0--------------|----4--------4----4----------|
|-------------------------------|-2-------------2-------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.      q.       Q.     q.     Q.     q.
|---------9--------------9------|--------5-------------5------|
|--------10-------------10------|--------7-------------7------|
|---------9--------------9------|--------6-------------6------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

  A
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E  E  E E
|-------------------------------|
|---------2--------------2------|
|------2-----2--------2-----2---|
|----2---------2----2---------2-|
|-0--------------0--------------|
|-------------------------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.      q.
|---------9--------------9------|
|--------10-------------10------|
|---------9--------------9------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|

                                3rd Verse
  F#m                            B              G#m
  E  E E E  E E E  E E E  E E    E  E E  E  E E E  E E E  E E
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||---------7-------------4------|
|--------2-------------2------||------8-----8--------4----4---|
|------4----4--------4----4---||----9---------9----6--------6-|
|----4--------4----4--------4-||------------------------------|
|-2-------------2-------------||-7--------------4-------------|

| Q.     q.     Q.     q.        Q.      q.     Q.     q.
|--------5-------------5------||--------11-------------7------|
|--------7-------------7------||--------12-------------9------|
|--------6-------------6------||--------11-------------8------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||------------------------------|

  A              E                B              G#m
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E  E  E E   E  E E  E  E E E  E E E  E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------5--------------9------|---------7-------------4------|
|------6-----6--------9-----9---|------8-----8--------4----4---|
|----7---------7----9---------9-|----9---------9----6--------6-|
|----------------7--------------|------------------------------|
|-5-----------------------------|-7--------------4-------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.      q.       Q.      q.     Q.     q.
|---------9-------------12------|--------11-------------7------|
|--------10-------------12------|--------12-------------9------|
|---------9-------------13------|--------11-------------8------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

  A              E
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E  E  E E
|---------------------------------|
|---------5--------------9--------|
|------6-----6--------9-----9-----|
|----7---------7----9---------9---|
|----------------7----------------|
|-5-------------------------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.      q.
|---------9-------------12--------|
|--------10-------------12--------|
|---------9-------------13--------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

  B              G#m             A              E
  E  E E  E  E E E  E E E  E E   E  E E  E  E E E  E E  E  E E
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------7-------------4------|---------5--------------9------|
|------8-----8--------4----4---|------6-----6--------9-----9---|
|----9---------9----6--------6-|----7---------7----9---------9-|
|------------------------------|----------------7--------------|
|-7--------------4-------------|-5-----------------------------|

| Q.      q.     Q.     q.       Q.      q.     Q.      q.
|--------11-------------7------|---------9-------------12------|
|--------12-------------9------|--------10-------------12------|
|--------11-------------8------|---------9-------------13------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|

  G#m           F#
  E  E E E  E E E  E E  E  E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------4--------------2--------|
|------4----4--------3-----3-----|
|----6--------6----4---------4---|
|--------------------------------|
|-4-------------2----------------|

| Q.     q.     Q.      q.
|--------7--------------9--------|
|--------9-------------11--------|
|--------8-------------11--------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

                            Outro
  AaddBadd11                 E    Bm11
  Q   E +Q.   +H.             Q    E  +Q.    +H.
|-0---0-(0)---(0)--------||---0----0--(0)----(0)--------|
|-0----------------------||o--0----0--(0)----(0)--------|
|-6---8-(8)---(8)--------||--13---11-(11)---(11)--------|
|-7---9-(9)---(9)--------||--14---12-(12)---(12)--------|
|------------------------||o-14---12--------------------|
|-5---7-(7)---(7)--------||--12---10-(10)---(10)--------|

| H.           Q.   q.        Q.       q.     Q.   q.
|-------------------7----||------------7-----------7----|
|-------------------7----||o-----------7-----------7----|
|-------------------7----||------------7-----------7----|
|------------------------||-----------------------------|
|------------------------||o----------------------------|
|------------------------||-----------------------------|

  AaddBadd11
  Q   E +Q.   +H.         14x
|-0---0-(0)---(0)----------||
|-0-----------------------o||
|-6---8-(8)---(8)----------||
|-7---9-(9)---(9)----------||
|-7-----------------------o||
|-5---7-(7)---(7)----------||

| Q.     q.    Q.   q.    14x
|--------7----------7------||
|--------7----------7-----o||
|--------8----------8------||
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------------||

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths